New Albion Lake

Name: Trout stocking records: New Albion Lake, New York
Creator: Stocking Record

NYSDEC reported 419 trout stocked in New Albion Lake (Cattaraugus County) in 2025, the latest year in its stocking lists. The most recent month listed is October 2025. DEC lists stocking by month, not by day.

NYSDEC data pulled Nov 6, 2026.

A lake with forest and trees — Photo: Kodl68, Pixabay License, Pixabay

New Albion Lake in numbers

trout stocked in 2025: 419
yearly average, 2020–2024: 6,151
years stocked since 2020: 6

Stocking log

Every stocking record

DEC stocking lists for the last three years on record, by month and species, newest first, then yearly totals, and the spring plan DEC published for this water. DEC lists each batch with its average length; where a month has several batches the range is shown.

Last stocked, October 2025419225 brown trout; 194 brook trout

Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)	Species	Fish	Size
Spring 2026	Rainbow trout2,910 fish	2,910	8 inches
Spring 2026	Brown trout2,520 fish	2,520	8 inches
Spring 2026	Brown trout340 fish	340	12–15 inches

2025 · 419 fish
Month	Species	Fish	Batches	Average length
October	Brown trout225 fish · Average length: 16.5–21.5 in	225	2	16.5–21.5 in
October	Brook trout194 fish · Average length: 13–19.6 in	194	2	13–19.6 in

2024 · 6,060 fish
Month	Species	Fish	Batches	Average length
October	Brook trout200 fish · Average length: 13.6–20.3 in	200	2	13.6–20.3 in
October	Brown trout50 fish · Average length: 18.7–22.2 in	50	2	18.7–22.2 in
April	Brown trout2,870 fish · Average length: 9.3–13.6 in	2,870	2	9.3–13.6 in
March	Rainbow trout2,940 fish · Average length: 10.2 in	2,940	1	10.2 in

2023 · 5,480 fish
Month	Species	Fish	Batches	Average length
April	Brown trout2,680 fish · Average length: 8.6–13.5 in	2,680	2	8.6–13.5 in
March	Rainbow trout2,800 fish · Average length: 9.2 in	2,800	1	9.2 in

Every year since 2020
Year	Fish
2025419 fish	419
20246,060 fish	6,060
20235,480 fish	5,480
20225,580 fish	5,580
20214,240 fish	4,240
20209,395 fish	9,395

2020 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

DEC’s lists end with the latest year it has published. The tallest year is yellow.

9.4k2020: 9,395 fish
4.2k2021: 4,240 fish
5.6k2022: 5,580 fish
5.5k2023: 5,480 fish
6.1k2024: 6,060 fish
4192025: 419 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
Species	Fish	Share
Brown trout	19,215	62%
Rainbow trout	7,965	26%
Brook trout	3,994	13%

Where it is

New York trout stocking All Cattaraugus County waters

No single map point is given for this water in the USGS names database, so no map is shown.

Also in Cattaraugus County: Case Lake, Quaker Lake, Red House Lake, Harwood Lake, Lake Flavia, Great Valley Creek, Ischua Creek, Red House Brook.

Source: DEC fish stocking lists (actual), data.ny.gov and the DEC spring trout stocking plan, data.ny.gov, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Pulled Nov 6, 2026. Check the agency and the current fishing rules before you go.